Arctis Nova Pro Wireless for PC & PlayStation

I have a Arctis Nova Pro Wireless header that I bought refurbished almost 2 years ago. 2 years may not be a lot, but I use them a ton for work and pleasure, at least 8-10 hours a day during the week, probably a couple hours on the weekend. It's technically a gaming headset, but I use it mostly for work and music. They're a solid 8/10. Retail price is about $350 (I got them for like $120 on eBay) and the sound quality is shit for that price point. It's fine, but there's a lot of low end missing. You can change out the ear pads and it has hot swappable batteries.I usually have to change the battery every day and a half. The other negative is it only has a directional microphone on a retractable boom, so you have to have it out in front of your face to talk. If it had an omni-directional mic that you could use with the mic retracted, it would be fantastic. I don't mind the mic when I'm at my desk, but I don't want it out when I'm out of the house or on a plane or something. Pros are the batteries and the fact it can connect to two devices simultaneously (actually 4, kinda). I have it connected to my personal PC and my work laptop. I can take calls on my work computer and can have music/whatever on my PC without changing inputs. I can also connect my work phone to my work computer and my personal phone to my PC and talk calls from those through the computer and thus, my headset, so 4 devices simultaneously without switching inputs. Super convenient when you're at your desk all day. If they could get Bose quality sound and an omni-directional mic, these would be $500 headphones and I would 100% pay for it.

Yep pretty much. I had a pair of original a40s I bought for my Xbox 360 that still to this day work. They are worn as hell and look terrible but they still function flawlessly. I decided I was so happy with the longevity of those that I deserved to get myself a50s. 3 replacements later for the last one to break as well I just ate my losses and bought a pair of Steelseries Arctis Nova pro wireless (I think that’s the name.. lol) and I absolutely love them. I see them lasting just as long as my a40s did. I think I got a grand total of 8-10 weeks worth of use between the 3 pairs of a50s I had.

Just my two cents owning both the original Maxwell and the Nova Pro. Maxwells sounds great but the weight of them became uncomfortable after a period of time. For me a half hour or so. For addition weight added to them really made it a no brainer to pass. Again sounds great,limited connections, passable mic.

Just a comfort for me. Maxwell ones sounded great but again, way too heavy to wear for a long time. I can wear the novas all day. It’s a different sound signature it’s not like at the end of the day you have a way worse headphone. Comfort first! Favorite headphones are the focal bathys.

I will never understand how anyone could like anything Steel Series for headsets specifically for Xbox. I’ve gone through several of them, from the lower end models to the Nova Pro wireless. The wireless dongle that connects to the Xbox has difficulty with staying connected. I’ve learned after so much frustration that these headsets for whatever reason, have issues with the frequency of elite controllers and steel series xbox headsets. It’s even more of an issue when utilizing Discord VC directly through Xbox. Everyone I play with who had a steel series has the same issues with Discord where your mic just cuts out for no reason. Swapped to Astro A50 X. Never had that problem again.

I have the wireless nova pros and I absolutely love them. I just tweaked the eq based on this YouTube guys settings and wow they’re even better. Bit pricey but as long as you take care of them, they’re great.